The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture representative for Latin America and the Caribbean discusses new challenges in combating hunger across the region. ‘The world in 2015 is completely different from the world in 2023,’ he says
Lola Castro, director of the U.N. World Food Program in Latin America and the Caribbean, calls for an urgent increase in climate funds and debt swapping to devote resources to adaptation and mitigation
Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production
The largest land mammal in America is rehabilitating a vast grassland in Coahuila, benefiting hundreds of species in a reserve that can theoretically store 6.3 million tons of carbon in its soil
The FAO deputy director and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean analyzes the perfect storm of conflict, climate, post-pandemic inflation, and inequality that is driving world hunger
The Black Sea Grain Initiative has increased production, while the cost of fertilizer has declined. But experts warn the economy is ‘flying on one engine’
